HAMN (Scandinavian), _a port_, _bay_, _gulf_.—HAMNA-voe, Soder-HAMN, Carls-HAMN, Torn-HAMN-sudde, Quister-HAM, Go-HAM, Cane-HAM, Estre-HAM, HAM-bye, &c. HATCH (Provincial), _a flood-gate_, _dam_.—Mers-ham-HATCH, Kelve-don-HATCH. HYD, HITHE, HYTHE (Anglo-Saxon), originally _a receptacle_; (2), _haven_; (3), _coast_.—HYTHE, HYDE, Seche-HYTHE, Rother-HITHE, Green-HITHE, Lamb-ETH. HOLM (Scandinavian), _a river island_, _a green plot of ground surrounded by water_, _low land lying along the river or ocean_.—HOLM, HOLMES, HOLM-moss, HOLM-head, HOLM-forth, Kirk-yet-HOLM, Hipper-HOLME, Den-HOLM, Steep-HOLM, and Flat-HOLM, HOULMES (near Rouen), Engo-HOMME, Tur-HULM (Tor-HOLM), Stock-HOLM, Hoy-HOLM, Borg-HOLM, Born-HOLM. HEAFOD (Anglo-Saxon), _the source of a stream_.—Wood-HEAD, Holm-HEAD, Leather-HEAD, &c. IG (Anglo Saxon), _an island_.—It assumes the various forms of EAGE, AEGE, EIG, &c.—AIG-burth, EIGH-ton, EG-ham, IGHT-field, IGHT-ham, &c. KELL, KELD (Scandinavian), _a spring_, “the gathering of water within a hill side, which then bursts out with a considerable gush, and forms a strong stream.”—KIL-ham, KIL-bourn, KEL-sal, KIL-hope, KEL-stedge, KEL-sale, KEL-sey, Lath-KILL, Gunner-KILD-bottom, Oer-KELL, Halli-KELD, Sal-KELD, KIELDER Moors, KELDER-vik. LAD, LODE, LADE (Anglo-Saxon), _water running into the sea_, _a pan for water_, _a drain_, _a pool_, _a gentle lake_, _an artificial water-course_.—River LYDE or LYTHE, Even-LODE, West-LODE, Whap-LODE, Salter’s LODE-sluice, So-ham-LODE, Burwell-LODE, Reach-LODE, Swaff-ham-LODE, Lech-LADE. LAYS (Provincial), _lakes_; LAY, _a large pond_.—LOWES-toft, the field of lakes; the provincial form is LAYS-toft; forest of LOWES, LOWES-by, &c. LAUG (Scandinavian), _water_.—Bal-LAUGH, Lamp-LUGH, LAUGH-ton, Skir-LAUGH, Winters-LAG, &c. LOCK, _meeting of waters_, _junction of rivers_.—Mat-LOCK, Whee-LOCK, Wen-LOCK. LECHA, LETCH, _a small river_.—LECK-hamp-stead, LATCH-ford, LECKON-field, LETCH-worth. LAGU, LAGE, LACHE (Anglo-Saxon), _water_, _a lake_.—River LAC, Mort-LAKE, Shock-LACH, LAKEN-heath, Ship-LAKE, Burg-has-LACH, Dur-LACH, and LACE-by. MERE (Anglo-Saxon), _a lake_.—Comber-MERE, Winder-MERE, Col-MERE, MER-ton-Say, Hornsea-MERE, Youns-MERE, Ring-MER, Aves-MERE; Haar-lem-MERE, Alk-MAAR, MOR-ton, MAR-tin. MIRE, the Scandinavian form, MYRI (Old Norsk), signifies _a marsh or bog_.—Gris-MIRE, Ling-MIRE, Wrag-MIRE, Sour-MIRE. In Norway we find Rosse-MYRE, and in Iceland, Skala-MYRE. We find the Frisian form, MAR, in MAR-strand, Hiel-MAR, MAR-stall, Wis-MAR, Wol-MAR. MERSC, MARS, MAS (Anglo-Saxon), _a marsh or bog_.—MARS-ton-moor, MERS-ham, Raw-MARSH, Alder-MAS-ton, MERST-ham, MEAS-ham, MARSK, Os-MAS-ton, MAS-ham, Tor-MAS-ton, MARS-den, the MASH. Perhaps the river MEASE or MEUSE is derived from the same root. MUND (German), _the mouth of a river_; MUYDEN (Dutch); MOUTH (English).—Rore-MUND, Wel-MEND, Witt-MUND, Warne-MUNDE, MUNDEN, MUIDEN.